Land Services SA

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:00): To the Treasurer: now that the contract to commercialise Land Services has been signed, will the government table that contract for sale and/or publish a copy for public viewing?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy) (15:01): I will have to check the confidentiality arrangements in place with the contract. The New South Wales government recently commercialised its lands titles services office, and I understand that they did not reveal the commercial negotiations. I understand that the proponents who are the successful recipients of the commercialisation process here in South Australia may also be bidders in other processes around Australia, so they may not wish these contracts to be made public. However, all aspects of the contract that affect South Australians, especially the way they use and interact with the Lands Titles Office, have been made public already.